Protect your Peace

Date 7 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
In Covid-19, and with anxiety hitting every day, it has become even more important to protect your peace and to set healthy boundaries. Boundaries represent self-care and empowerment. As you get older you begin to understand the need ...
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Society and Disability

Date 3 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
For those who live with a disability, it is incredibly frustrating to be judged when others fail to understand what they deal with. It’s even more frustrating when the disability is mild and those people look normal, and they're ...
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Covid-19, Masking Up

Date 31 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
Whilst the world continues to vaccinate against Covid-19, it is important restrictions stay in place, because whilst the vaccine goes some way to protect, you can still catch Covid, you can still pass it on and you can still get Long-Covid ...
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Creating Family Rituals

Date 26 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
“In truth a family is what you make it. It is made strong, not by the number of heads counted at the dinner table, but by the rituals you help family members create, by the memories you share, by the commitment of time, caring, and ...
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Covid-19, The Vaccine Dilemma

Date 25 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
The vaccine was always going to look different for those people who are immunocompromised. It is important for them they understand how the vaccine may work in protecting them and how long they may be protected. There is also little information out there on what may happen in say 5…
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How to create Healthy Habits

Date 19 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
Regular things we do, can if we do them for long enough turn into habits, but how do we create healthy habits that become part of who we are? Repetitive Behaviours Repetitive behaviours that affect the brain in ways that create habits can be hard to change, particularly if they’re…
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The Covid-19 Vaccine & Minority Groups

Date 17 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
Research shows that previous vaccination programmes in the UK, have led to lower vaccine in areas within a higher proportion of minority ethnic populations. There is therefore concern that the vaccine uptake for COVID-19 will ...
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Putting effort into success

Date 14 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
When we put effort into success it is possible to reach for success. There is no reason why anyone would be devoid of success, unless we’re waiting for success to land in our lap, or we may spend a lifetime blaming others. Putting the effort in It is important to…
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Coming through trauma

Date 10 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
Coming through trauma isn’t easy, particularly if we’re in denial and the tapes we recall aren’t the tapes we should be recalling. Denial changes the way we see and come through trauma. Trauma and Emotional and Mental Distress Trauma usually happens when we experience severe emotional or mental distress caused…
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Success and Resentment

Date 9 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
We may either use our experiences to change things for the better, or we may use them to hone-in on a life less than, a life where we continue to harbour resentment and blame. Based on ‘universal understanding’ we have freewill to change. We can reach greater heights Each of…
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The Covid-19 Controversies?

Date 6 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
I have lost my liberty as have thousands of others disabled people, because wearing masks is no longer compulsory in the UK. As a result, we now have no choice but to stay home, unless others are willing to mask up, so that we may stay safe. The Covid-19 vaccines…
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Doing our best

Date 4 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
Doing our best means we do what we can as well as we can, in our personal lives, our work lives, in the political sphere, anywhere others rely on us and putting other people’s interests first. Putting children's needs first When it comes to parenting, doing our best means putting…
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